A Look At World Wood

The United States has a greater surplus of forest growth over-cut and mortality than any other nation, yet imports 23 percent of the world’s total while exporting 10 percent. Imports in 1963 amounted to 20 percent of the domestic cut.. Net exports consist of softwood sawlogs, paperboard, alpha and dissolving pulp, and paper grades and products other than newsprint. Imports consist of softwood lumber, newsprint paper, hardwood plywood and veneer, bleached sulfite pulp and paper items. Eighty-eight percent of these imports were from Canada. Import-export analysis shows that the North American region is dependent on exports and has an adequate base to support a rapid rise in domestic and export trade. Markets in Japan may be seriously impaired by USSR if present plans are carried through; however, continued exports from the North American region to Europe is predicted particularly of long fibered softwoods. The developing nations are not expected to be an increasing market for wood products for the next several decades.

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